Cakey Donut Balls 球狀甜甜圈

It was suppose to be pancakes for breakfast but the kids first all the milk before I could get some. Hence, I decided to make donut (balls) instead.

As premix pancake mix is use here, the texture is unlike the 'real' donut which is a bit chewy. It is more like cake and it's crispy on the outside. However, since it's not the actual 'real' donut, there isn't any waiting time for the dough to rise. You just mix it, shape it and fry it. Pretty easy and fast.

Ingredients:

• 150g Pancake Mix
• 1 Egg
• 20g Granulated Sugar
• 20g Cold Butter, chopped int small pieces
• Oil for frying
• All purpose flour for dusting
• Icing sugar for dusting

How to do it:

1. Mix all ingredients, except oil and icing sugar together. Mixing by hand will be easier.
2. Mix and knead till the mixture turn into a dough.
3. Place a piece of baking paper on the table top or you can just use your table top.
4. Dust with flour.
5. Take some dough and roll into a ball.
6. Use your palm to flatten the dough on the dusted baking paper to about 1cm in height.
7. Lightly dust the top of the dough.
8. Dust a circle cutter. I use a piping nozzle which is about 3cm in diameter.
9. Cut the flatten dough with the cutter.
10. Repeat till all the dough have finished.
11. Heat oil for frying. It should be hot but not smoking.
12. Reduce to low heat.
13. Gently drop the circle dough into the oil to fry.
14. They cook very fast, so remember to keep turning so they will fry evenly.
15. Drain on paper towel.
16. Dust with icing sugar and serve.

Happy Meal 08 开心餐

This was what I prepared for dinner last night. It's Chicken Chop with Black Pepper Sauce. Nothing new except for the crispy potato wedges; which I will improve on before I share the recipe.

It's so much easier to prepare compared the the usual 3 dish - 1 soup meal. I'm getting lazy. :P  Everyone is happy with dinner except my daughter. She wants her usual Chinese-style vegetables and meat. =_=|||

She ended up having the chicken chop with plain rice; without the sauce to go with Korean seaweed, Braised Chicken Feet, mushroom and egg (which I had prepared using thermal pot the night before I slept). And I thought it would be an easy dinner to prepared. =_=|||

Little Lunch Box #52 小饭盒

I prepared sort of a balanced meal for my daughter's lunch box today. It has rice, vegetable, tofu and fish (paste) in it.

I mashed a tube of egg tofu with fish paste and spread it on a egg crepe. Next I sprinkled chopped blanched vegetable (I used choy sum here) and  chopped crab-stick all over. Then I roll it up.

Steam it till the roll is completely cooked. If you have a Happy Call Pan, you can use that to cook as it will be drier and easier to work with the rice later.

Meanwhile spread some rice on a sheet of cling wrap and gently press to stick them together. Cool the cooked egg roll then place on the edge of the rice and roll it together with the help of the cling wrap. Make sure you blot off the oil or liquid from the egg roll. Use the cling wrap to secure and keep the rice and egg roll together. The cling wrap will be like the nori on a maki. ;) Twist the ends to keep it in shape. Use a sharp knife to slice the roll.

I prepared a roll which was divided into 8 slices. So I gave half of it to my daughter's friend. The girl's grandma was happy that she ate all up cos she doesn't like veggies. I guess it's more acceptable for kids to eat their greens if it's presented in a different way or mixed with something they like. :)